“As a part of the Marine Highway Program, federal transportation officials selected eight projects that will receive preferential treatment for future federal assistance.
Included is the Tenn-Tom Freight Project, a proposed container-on-barge service between Mobile and the Port of Itawamba in northeast Mississippi.”
“…the Port Authority is interested in a water-based route between Mobile and the furniture factories and paper mills in northeast Mississippi.”
“That corner of Mississippi is a pretty busy spot,”.
Here’s the Jump: ‘Marine highways’ could boost Mobile-Mississippi water route